Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. He is also Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, which offers online learning and in-person lectures that focus on how the development of mindsight in individuals, families, and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes.

As as author who has published extensively for the professional audience, he serves as the founding editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which contains over three dozen textbooks. The Mindful Therapist explores the application of focusing techniques for the clinician’s own development, as well as their clients’ development of mindsight and neural integration. Dr. Siegel’s book, Mindsight, offers the general reader an in-depth exploration of the power of the mind to integrate the brain and promote well-being. His book, The Whole-Brain Child, with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., explores the application of the mindsight approach to parenting. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Brainstorm, which explores how brain development impacts teenagers’ behavior and relationships. He has been invited to lecture for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Google University, and TEDx.

His website can be found at www.DrDanSiegel.com.